The Long River of Chinese Time

China lasted for five thousand years, from the ancient legendary era through the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the end of the feudal monarchy. Dynasties change, cultural inheritance continues, science and technology and ideas develop brilliantly. During this period, there were the hegemony of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, as well as the splendid poetry of the Tang and Song Dynasties; there was the bravery to resist foreign aggression, and there was also the prosperity in peacetime, which constituted the splendid history of China. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.